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Why are we still debating diversity versus merit in 2015?
Canada’s first gender-equal cabinet is being celebrated by equality and diversity advocates but criticized by those who believe that using selection criteria like gender, race, or ethnicity violates merit. Those who trumpet merit believe that...

Publishing and marketing your scholarly book
At Congress 2015, publishers from across Canada joined academics in a Career Corner panel discussion on publishing and marketing your scholarly book. The publishers spoke passionately about books and provided practical tips and advice, especially for...

Telling your research story - make it accessible!
We all dread the presenter who reads directly from the slides or paper in a monotone voice. Worse still is when that monotone voice uses heavy jargon that no one outside the field will understand. Shari Graydon says “scholars are trained to be...

‘Mean’ is not a girl thing
Marnina Gonick is project leader on two projects funded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Opportunity Fund (now named the John R. Evans Leaders Fund). She will be attending the 2015 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences...

SSHRC Scholarships and Fellowships 101 at Congress
SSHRC Staff We in SSHRC’s Research Training Portfolio know that applying for a SSHRC award can be challenging. You spend all that time developing a great research question, pulling together all of your supporting documents, and getting feedback on...

What to expect at Career Corner 2015
Come get some advice to kick-start your academic or non-academic career! Here are some sessions that we recommend you attend at this year’s Career Corner at the University of Ottawa. How to tell your research story When: Sunday, May 31, 2015, 13:00 -...

Career Corner presenters bring a wealth of knowledge to grad students
Watch previous Career Corner presenters share tips on how to make the PhD and job-hunting experiences easier. Congress 2014: Why grad students should have an online presence Presenter: Amy Elder, director of Career Services at Brock University...

Les femmes et le terrorisme
Partout dans le monde, on s’efforce d’inventer des solutions juridiques pour mettre fin au terrorisme. Le Canda ne fait pas exception : un projet de loi propose des détentions préventives, un partage d’information entre agences et un mandat au...

Humanities and social science grads have more stable careers over time
You know your friends in the computer sciences, math, engineering and business—the ones who never quite took your arts degree seriously enough and then boasted about the fabulous salaries they were earning after graduation? Turns out their jobs and...